Columbia Telecommunications Corded Phone with Caller ID (CTS-120)

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Summary: Please help, lost instructions! Can't program or receive ID
Review: For the love of GOD can someone please tell me how to program this thing? I bought it a long time ago and never bothered to put batteries in it. Needless to say I lost the box and instructions long ago, and I can't find the magical key combination to enter into the mode to set the time, date, language, etc., and caller ID doesn't work at all until this is set (I assume, since it isn't working even though the display does work and counts the time of a call). If you buy this phone, make sure to keep the instructions until you set it up! :)

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Summary: Don't Buy
Review: I bought this phone about a month ago because I was looking for a cheap phone with caller ID. Needless to say this phone is cheap for a reason. The phone requires 4 AA batteries to get the caller ID to work. When I put them in the caller ID showed nothing. I thought it was broken until I found that I could see the caller ID if I held the phone at an angle and in the light. If I looked straight on, I saw nothing. The caller ID system is a joke. If you are buying this phone for solely the PHONE, then it is a good purchase. But if you want this phone for the caller ID system then save your money. It isn't backlit and it is impossible to read. I have already ordered a different phone.

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Summary: Don't Buy
Review: I bought this phone about a month ago because I was looking for a cheap phone with caller ID. Needless to say this phone is cheap for a reason. The phone requires 4 AA batteries to get the caller ID to work. When I put them in the caller ID showed nothing. I thought it was broken until I found that I could see the caller ID if I held the phone at an angle and in the light. If I looked straight on, I saw nothing. The caller ID system is a joke. If you are buying this phone for solely the PHONE, then it is a good purchase. But if you want this phone for the caller ID system then save your money. It isn't backlit and it is impossible to read. I have already ordered a different phone.

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Summary: Caller ID does not work
Review: I bought this phone for my kitchen. I wanted a wall-mounted phone with caller id.

The phone was easy to set up, after inserting 4 new batteries, I set all the options (contrast, date and time, area code, etc.). Everything worked correctly EXCEPT the caller id. Callers are not shown, even the number of calls received does not increase. Batteries were fine since I could see all the other data displayed (date, time, et.) on the screen.

I thought it was just bad luck and returned the phone to the store in exchange for a 2nd one of the same kind.

Same thing with the 2nd phone too...

I am returning it to the store today and will definitely not buy from this brand again.

BTW: I have caller id on other phones in the house so the problem is not from the service being installed or not.

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Summary: Good and Cheap - Works Great!
Review: This is a good buy if you want a corded phone. It has a nice look to it and is easy to use. You have to put in your area code, language (they have 3 available), and the time. It holds batteries to keep up with the caller id stuff, but it is still a dependable phone for when the lights go out. The caller id is good and easy to read. It has call back for the last number called and you can do all kinds of stuff like store numbers on a speed dial and even a one touch dial for a few numbers. ... The phone has a nice sound and doesn't sound like a cheap phone. There wasn't anything wrong with this phone that I can tell. The programming on this phone when you get it isn't too terribly painful. It only took me about 2 minutes. Then, it was plugged in and working great.